Who Gets the JOB!!

BMT (RIP) · 05-05-2004, 14:15

A company was looking to hire someone for an important position, so they
interviewed dozens of applicants and narrowed their search down three
people. In an attempt to pick one of them, they decided to give them all
the same question to answer within 24 hours and the one with the best
answer would get the job.
The question was: A man and a woman are in bed, nude. The woman is lying
on her side with her back facing the man, and the man is lying on his
side facing the woman's back. What is the man's name?
After the 24 hours was up, the three were brought in to give their
answers.
The first one says "My answer is, there IS no answer."
The second one says "My answer is, that there is no way to determine the
answer with the information we were given."
The third one says "I'm not exactly sure, but I have it narrowed down to
two names. It's either Willie Turner or Willie Nailer."
He got the job.

Murphy's Law · 05-05-2004, 17:53

good post, took me a few seconds but worth the wait.

05-05-2004, 20:20

Sounds like a Microsoft employment question.
Found a book on that recently; think that was actually listed, or something very similar. Looking for "out of the box thinkers".

echoes · 05-06-2004, 14:15

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Originally posted by ghuinness
Sounds like a Microsoft employment question.
Found a book on that recently; think that was actually listed, or something very similar. Looking for "out of the box thinkers".

My Dad sent this to me...

Here's some Bill Gates wisdom that my friend sent me:

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they
did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good,
politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no
concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the
real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will
expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You
won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents
had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine
about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are
now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and
listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you
save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try
delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life
HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll
give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't
bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off
and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do
that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have
to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Denny · 05-06-2004, 14:37

lmao great advice. My favorite is the one at the end about being nice to nerds lol. Every 30+ year old person I talk to tells me the same thing: the popular kids grow up to be losers, and all the nerds grow up to make something of themselves.

DunbarFC · 05-06-2004, 14:46

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Originally posted by Denny
lmao great advice. My favorite is the one at the end about being nice to nerds lol. Every 30+ year old person I talk to tells me the same thing: the popular kids grow up to be losers, and all the nerds grow up to make something of themselves.

It's true

I was a "nerd" if you will, though I prefer shy and quiet

Now one of the "cool guys" from back then actually does work for me.

I don't even bring it up and neither does he - hell it was 15 years ago but you just never know. The ass you kick may be one you have to kiss or however that goes